1824.  Cornered up so unexpectedly, she candidly confessed.—Mass. Spy, April 21: from the Trenton Emporium.

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1841.  Catlin. (N.E.D.)

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1844.  When the whigs were cornered, and compelled to show their hand, they denied, &c.—Mr. Duncan of Ohio, House of Representatives, March 6: Congressional Globe, p. 404, Appendix.

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